Upcoming Classes & Events

Introduction to Herbal and Holistic Healing

5:30-7:30 pm, 4 Tuesdays: Sept 25, Oct 2, Oct 9, Oct 16th

Classes take place at the Waquoit Healing Arts Center

Discover natural and herbal strategies and recipes for improving your health, supporting a healing process and living a less toxic, more vibrant life. Open the door to caring for yourself with herbs, supplements and healing foods. Discuss the foundations for good health including digestion, immunity, and stress reduction. Learn simple, inexpensive things you can do every day to support yourself and your family. Learn how to navigate the aisles of the health food store and the supermarket to keep yourself feeling great all year round! Class will include a simple and approachable introduction to self-awareness of the body through the ancient healing traditions of Chinese and Indian medicine, known as Ayurveda. We will lovingly take aspects of our health into our own hands and explore the true meaning of healing. Materials fee: $10 payable to instructor at 1st class

Simple Meditation for Winter Stress Release

with Aromatherapy and Herbal Teas

@Waquoit Healing Arts Center

In this class series we will demystify meditation and practice extremely simple and accessible meditation and energy-clearing techniques that are suitable for all skill levels and you will be able to take home with you. In each class we will work with aromatheraputic essential oils and sip herbal teas to calm the nervous system and harmonize the body with the energies of winter.

True healing always includes activating the vital force so that the body can do the work it is designed to do. Often we get in our own way; our busy minds and restless bodies prevent the body from naturally repairing and coming back into balance. Research tells us that meditation physiologically deactivates our body’s “fight or flight” stress response and activates our calming “rest and digest” mode. Meditation is a powerful tool for releasing patterns of imbalance and feeling grounded, vital and deeply well.

Whether you are simply looking for more peace in your life or you are on a more extensive healing journey, you will enjoy this class series.

Turn on McCallum Drive From Woods Hole Road. Follow Signs to the Right for Nature Trail.

Saturday June 16th 10-11:30 amBeebe Woods

Park at the Cape Cod Conservatory, 60 Highfield Dr, Falmouth MA 02540

$15 suggested donationRegistration is appreciated, you can also just show up!

Walking the Medicine Path:

An Introduction to Herbal Medicine and Medicine Making

2-5 pm 4 Thursdays : May 24, May 31, June 7, June 14

$145 (includes all materials)

Ready to step into relationship with the healing plants and the green world? This hands-on, beginner-to-intermediate level class will introduce to you to basics of how herbal medicine works through experiential learning. We will divide our time between the classroom and the gardens, weaving science and myth, diagrams and daydreaming as we step onto our path as healers--of our selves & those we love.

Class includes handouts, homework and additional suggested readings.

Topics include:

The history and safety of herbal medicine

The energetics and actions of herbs in the body from a Western, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurvedic perspective

Properly harvesting and preparing herbs

An introduction to ~10 common herbs and how to use them

The basics of herbal medicine-making including tincturing, teas, poultices, incense and salves

Working with herbs in ritual

After each class you will take home an herbal preparation to add to your budding home apothecary.

Beltane, the half-way point between the spring equinox and the summer solstice, is a celebration of life, fertility and sensuality. The earth energies are abuzzing and the flowers are opening in celebration of the mystical union or marriage between the May Queen and the May king (the masculine and the feminine). Beltane is a time to call joy, laughter and play into our bodies as we walk in alignment with this season of increasing light.

Beltane is traditionally a fire ceremony. We will sit with our herbal ally, Stinging Nettle, in the garden. Then we will decorate the holly tree and gather around the fire to soak up the power and strength of Nettle, of the earth and of each other.

Immensely rich in vitamins and minerals, stinging nettle (urtica diocia) is a powerful herbal ally for women. She balances and urinary system, strengthens hair and nails, cleanses and builds the blood, corrects skin disorders and heals adrenal fatigue and exhaustion. Nettle is an delicious spring tonic and can be eaten like any other green. The spirit of nettle offers us the strength of a warrior, protection and grounding.

Wednesday, May 2nd 6-8 pmCome early if you'd like for open gardens 5:30- 6 pmLauren's house in TeaticketPlease RSVPDonations welcomeMore information to follow via email once you sign up

As gardening season gets underway, we will cover the basics of successful backyard vegetable and herb gardening. If you are new to gardening this is an excellent opportunity to learn the skills you need to start a garden. If you already have a garden, this class will give you the chance to expand your knowlege, plan out your garden and get ahead of the game.

Topics:

being in relationship with a garden

soil building

garden layout & planning

starting plants from seed

healthy plants & pest control

vegetables and herbs that grow well here

composting

What people say about this class...Lauren lives and breathes her garden. I felt very *present* at each session while the rest of the world kind of melted away. It inspired me to experiment and go crazy with my own garden! It's a perfect environment in which to relax and learn! It was also a great way to welcome spring! --LB

Kicking off the gardening season with the knowledge and support that Lauren offers was invaluable for me. The classes gave me the knowledge, skills, and mindset for a productive and joyful gardening season. I strongly recommend “For the Love of Gardening”. --KL

This talk is FREE.

At the equinoxes the tilt of the Earth in its rotational orbit is in a straight alignment with the sun. The sun crosses the celestial equator and we experience balanced day and night. In this balance of light and dark we find peace. As the swinging pendulum of the seasons crosses the center line we rest in the cave from which spring, the season of rebirth, is born.

We will work with the healing properties and spirit of white pine (pinus strobus). White pine has a long history of use in the eastern United States and is considered to be the “tree of peace”. Medicine made from white pine is antiseptic, healing for the respiratory system, beneficial for the immune system and extremely high in vitamin C.

Please RSVP; space is limited

Donations welcome

Introduction the Herbal and Holistic Self Care

4 Tuesdays from 6-8pm: Sept 26, Oct 3, Oct 10, Oct 17, 2017

Flowering elecampagne, a wonderful herb for the lungs.

The Lawrence School, 113 Lakeview Avenue, Falmouth

Discover natural and herbal strategies and recipes for improving your health, supporting a healing process and living a less toxic, more vibrant life. Open the door to caring for yourself with herbs, supplements and healing foods. Class will include an introduction to self-awareness of the body through the ancient healing traditions of Chinese medicine and Indian medicine, known as Ayurveda. We ask: Who are you? Are you generally Hot? Cold? Dry? Oily? Achy? Anxious? Itchy? Tired? Have stomach troubles? Melancholic? Prone to certain kinds of sicknesses? Learn how to identify your own constitutional makeup and keep yourself in balance using simple, inexpensive and easy-to-find natural remedies. We will lovingly take aspects of our health into our own hands and explore the true meaning of healing.

Introduction to Herbal and Holistic Self-Care

NOTE: This class has NOT yet been posted for registration through the Falmouth Community School. Please contact me to let me know that you would like to be alerted when registration is posted.

Discover natural and herbal strategies and recipes for improving your health, supporting a healing process and living a less toxic, more vibrant life. Open the door to caring for yourself with herbs, supplements and healing foods.

This class will include an introduction to self-awareness of the body through the ancient healing traditions of Chinese medicine and Indian medicine, known as Ayurveda. We ask: who are you? Are you generally hot? Cold? Dry? Oily? Achy? Anxious? Itchy? Tired? Have stomach troubles? Melancholic? Prone to certain kinds of sicknesses? Learn how to identify your own constitutional makeup and keep yourself in balance using simple, inexpensive and easy-to-find natural remedies.

In this class we lovingly take aspects of our health into our own hands and explore the meaning of healing.

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